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  October 15, 2012

An odd response by the other reviewer above. What one is hearing on this new remaster is greater fidelity which puts everything into sharper relief. The problem with all the previous releases (I've had maybe six of them over the years, starting with the domestic Soviet-era LP box set) was that the ... more
Brahms & Ligeti: Horn Trios        (9 of 10 found this review helpful)
  September 20, 2012

Since no one is reviewing this, I'm just going to register my gut reaction basically lifted from a discussion thread: What phenomenal music-making going on in here! Only highest marks, and that in every department coming into question: virtuosity and expressiveness of the individual players (both ... more
Hagen Quartett 30          (6 of 8 found this review helpful)
  October 30, 2011

This is simply a stupendous release. For anyone accustomed to hearing this repertory through analog-era recordings, it will take some time to get one's ears adjusted to hearing all the multiple levels of finesse, power, and variety that this quartet is capable of bringing out in the music. The ... more
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Klemperer        (14 of 17 found this review helpful)
  October 16, 2010

I wanted to be the first one to review this SACD release of one of my all-time favorite recordings, but was beat to the punch by a fellow listener. For me, Klemperer's take of this masterpiece of Western classical music is one of the high points in the history of recorded music, surpassed only by ... more

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